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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Helio Marcos Ribeiro, Newark, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Helio Marcos Ribeiro, Newark, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Blackstone Medical, Inc., Springfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for spinal fusion and particularly, anterior cervical plating systems with a toggle pivotally mounted to a bone plate with at least two degrees of freedom of movement. In a particular embodiment, each toggle plate is slidably attached and pivotally mounted to the bone plate by a locking screw having an axis such that in at least one slidable position each toggle plate can pivot relative to the axis of the locking screw in the bone plate.